The Peach Belt Conference gave female-athletes another opportunity to hear from women in the sports industry last week.

Katie Willett, the Big East Conference associate commissioner for compliance and governance, was the keynote speaker at the 10th annual Peach Belt Conference Women in Athletics seminar Thursday at the Belair Convention Center.

She gave the female-athletes some advice for getting a job in the sports world. Build a network of contacts, she said, and take chances.

Greenbrier coach Kevin Williams said last week he wanted his players to ignore their record. Instead, he wants them focusing on how they're playing.

The Lady Wolfpack seem to be playing well, riding a 24-match winning streak into Saturday's double-elimination region tournament at Grovetown High School. Greenbrier finished off the regular season with a 41-2 record and will enter the region tournament with a No. 1 seed, will get a first-round bye and will play the winner of the No. 4 seed Evans-No. 5 seed Heritage match.

I sat Saturday afternoon in my chair scooping pimento cheese into my mouth with Fritos, watching the Georgia-Tennessee game unfold.

I don't think I was alone when I had mixed feelings about the game. Going in, it felt like it was going to be a blowout. Then again, that's what made it worrisome. You and I have seen these games before when Georgia went it as the favorite only to fall flat. Yet, there's something different, something special, about this year's squad.

Augusta Lacrosse is looking for coaches for boys and girls teams to assist in the fall season. No experience necessary. For more information, call Jeff Becker at (706) 627-9264.

Fishing Tournament

The Top Dawg Bass Tournament will be held Oct. 28 at Wildwood Park. Entry fee is $125 per two-man team, includes big fish pot fee. One place paid for every 10 boats. Eighty-percent payout. Hours: safe light until 3 p.m.

"Heroes are made, not born." This quote has never been truer than in the life of Tommy Bowden, former football coach at Clemson University.

Bowden was the guest speaker Sunday at the Day of Champions event at Abilene Baptist Church, which brought out football teams from a variety of schools including Hephzibah, Grovetown, Thomson, Evans, Lakeside, Harlem, Washington-Wilkes, Thomson, McDuffie Middle School and Briarwood Academy.

At the supper table Monday night, my kids talked about this upcoming patriotic performance at their school.

One of the triplets is singing "God Bless America" in the near future. Immediately, I thought about one of the finest renditions of that classic, when Ray Charles performed the song before a World Series game in October 2001 in Arizona.